Pathward
Commercial Underwriter Senior (CRE Construction / USDA)
Job Summary
This role involves underwriting a range of lending products with a focus on USDA-backed loans, requiring experience in credit risk management and financial analysis. The candidate will review and analyze deal packages, conduct interviews, and oversee the closing process, ensuring compliance and effective negotiation. Collaboration with business development and mentoring colleagues are also essential parts of the role. The position emphasizes strong communication skills, business acumen, and the ability to structure complex transactions, with minimal travel involved.
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Job Description
We are a hybrid, remote-office company dedicated to growing our talent anywhere!
We have onsite locations in: Sioux Falls, SD, Scottsdale, AZ, Louisville, KY, Troy, MI, Franklin, TN, Easton, PA.
At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all™. We are a financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all. We strive to remove barriers that traditional institutions put in the way of financial access, and promote economic mobility by providing responsible, secure, high quality financial products.
We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success. We celebrate, and embrace, our team members through our *HUMBLE*HUNGRY*SMART approach, and we believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.
About the Role:
Responsible for underwriting loans in a timely manner, resulting in an acceptable level of credit risk and an appropriate risk return relationship. Facilitate the booking of new loans, ensuring customers understand our company's requirements and their responsibilities. Manage the entire underwriting process through closing and affect a smooth transition to Account Executives.
What You Will Do:
- Underwrite the entire spectrum of lending products, regardless of size or complexity, in a timely and efficient manner.
- Understand and apply credit policies and minimum underwriting standards.
- Collaborate closely with the various Business Development Officers to provide a consultative/value-added credit perspective, both prior to proposal issuance and thereafter.
- Review and analyze new deal packages for content and completeness and conduct initial interviews with prospects.
- Order and review due diligence and documentation.
- Review and analyze financial statement spreads and understand cash flows.
- Review field examinations and understand collateral and financial trends indicated therein.
- Visit prospect locations and meet management of the business prior to closing for transactions over a predetermined amount.
- Gain a thorough understanding of the prospect's business and the company's asset conversion cycle.
- Review reporting requirements and processing with clients.
- Analyze debtor information in conjunction with Debtor Credit Manager.
- Prepare the credit narrative for appropriate approval.
- Conduct and document the pre-funding process and oversee the efforts of the Client Analyst assigned to the transaction.
- Oversee closing documentation process and effectively negotiate with prospect.
- Mentor and train analysts, field examiners and less experienced business development representatives.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You Will Need:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience.
- 5+ years relevant experience.
- USDA program experience
- Proven track record underwriting commercial real estate construction loans
- In-depth knowledge of USDA operating procedures and credit risk management practices
- Ability to structure and assess complex USDA-backed loan transactions
- Experience ensuring compliance with USDA guidelines throughout the loan lifecycle
- Business Acumen, Customer Focus, Collaborates, Communication Skills, Negotiating
MINIMAL TRAVEL INVOLVED
The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive and may be changed at any time.
Salary range: $103,511.83 – $191,170.01
The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this role. Individual pay within the range will be determined by multiple factors which can include but are not limited to a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your location during the hiring process. Ranges may be modified in the future.
This role is also eligible for an annual performance-based incentive opportunity. Pathward offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees, including health insurance, 401(k) retirement benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid time off, and more.
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Don’t have everything listed under qualifications? If you’re excited about this role but your experiences don’t match exactly to everything in the posting, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other Pathward roles. Pathward is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers candidates for roles without regard to their race, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability or any other category protected by law.
Who we are:
Our commitment to inclusion is woven into our DNA. We believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.
We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, pregnancy, national origin, age (age 40 and over), disability, genetic information, marital status, hair texture or hairstyle, ancestry, service in the uniformed services, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence or any other class protected by federal, state and local laws.
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